Binta Sambo Abdullahi,the wife of the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Abdullahi Mukhtar, is dead.
She died Monday in Kaduna after a brief illness.
She was 56.
The passing of the wife of the ex-NAHCON chief was announced in a short statement by Bayero Abdullahi, on behalf of the family.
The deceased spent her life executing various philanthropic activities that catered for the well-being of the underprivileged.
“Hajiya Binta Sambo Abdullahi will be remembered for her philanthropic contributions to the welfare of the underprivileged people in the society,” Mr Bayero said.
She was buried in Kaduna Monday afternoon after funeral prayers at the Yahaya Road Mosque, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna.
